As draft week begins, nobody's stock is rising faster than the Duke quarterback's

The 2019 NFL Draft is only four days away, but if Daniel Jones' stock continues to rise at its current rate, he might just have enough time to ascend all the way to the top of the draft board.

In all seriousness, that won't ever happen -- not with Kyler Murray, Nick Bosa, Quinnen Williams, Josh Allen and a whole bunch of other deserving players positioned ahead of him -- but as of Sunday morning, it's becoming impossible to deny that Jones is this year's biggest riser, the player experiencing the greatest late surge that has erased his status as a fringe first-round pick and elevated it to a likely first-round pick.

"I. Love. Dan Jones," Brandt said on a teleconference for Sirius XM NFL Radio, according to NJ.com's Ryan Dunleavy. "I have to say this carefully: When you watch him and you go back (20) years and watch Peyton Manning, you are watching the same guy. He's athletic. He doesn't have a rocket for an arm, but neither did Peyton. Very smart."

The speculation says that the Giants, who armed with pick Nos. 6 and 17, are favored to take Jones. Even if you don't agree that the Giants should take Jones, it's not difficult to understand why many believe Jones could be their target as they try to identify Eli Manning's successor a year after passing on Sam Darnold.

There's the Manning comparison, and while Manning never played for the Giants, his brother Eli has played for them since 2004. Jones played collegiately at Duke for David Cutcliffe, who developed both Manning brothers in college. The Giants, according to ESPN's Jordan Schultz, hosted Jones for a private visit and already held a private workout for him. There was Robinson's report about one team having Jones at the top of their quarterback board and the strong hint that the team in question was the Giants. And there was Jeremiah's mock draft that has Jones going to the Giants at No. 6.

None of this, of course, guarantees the Giants will take Jones. Maybe the Raiders, who pick at Nos. 24 and 27 in addition to No. 4, will take him. For all we know, Jones will fall out of the first round. The Giants are likely the team that has Jones ranked at the top of their quarterback board, but that doesn't mean they have to take a quarterback in the first round -- or at all. They might decide to focus their draft on building infrastructure around the quarterback position and then take a quarterback in next year's draft. They might trade for Josh Rosen.

The point being, nobody really knows anything. But with only four days remaining until the draft begins on Thursday, our wait is nearly over. We'll find out soon enough how far Jones has actually risen.

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Sean Wagner-McGough joined CBS Sports in 2015 after graduating from UC Berkeley. A native of Seattle, Sean now resides in the Bay Area. He spends his spare time defending Jay Cutler on Twitter.
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